Business Analyst 4

TekWissen LLC

Lansing, MI

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$57.54
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Administrative Skills, Agile Programming Methodologies, Agriculture, Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Automation, Backlog Prioritization, Best Practices, Bug Tracking/Defect Management, Business Administration, Business Analysis, Business Case, Change Management, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, DevOps, Diversity, Documentation, Enterprise Applications, Environmental Health, Federal Government, Functional Testing, Healthcare, Information Technology & Information Systems, Integration Testing, Kanban, Law Enforcement, Leadership, Mentoring, Metrics, Microsoft Windows Azure, Natural Resources, Needs Assessment, People Management, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Process Management, Process Modeling, Product Backlog, Product Management, Public Safety, Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Metrics, Regression Testing, Regulatory Compliance, Release Management/Engineering, Reporting Dashboards, Requirements Management, Rural Development, SQL (Structured Query Language), Sales Pipeline, Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, ScrumMaster, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Testing, Sprint Planning, Standup Meetings, Strategic Planning, System Architecture, Systems Analysis, Test Case, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Strategy, Testing, Time Management, Traceability, Workforce Management, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Lansing, MI
POSTED
5 days ago

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below Client runs through fifteen executive departments which carry out the day-to-day administration of the federal government. Popular departments like Agriculture and Rural Development, Civil Rights, Environment, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources, Secretary of State. This Client has opportunities in a number of career pathways, including, but not limited to, business and administrative support, education and human services, IT and computers, medical and healthcare, natural resources, law enforcement and public safety, skilled trades and more. With positions in over 18 state departments, your perfect career fit is waiting for you at the client. This client is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Title: Business Analyst 4
Location:Lansing, MI 48933
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Hybrid
Work Type: Temporary Assignment
Shift: 8.00AM - 5.00 PM

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Business Analyst with strong Quality Assurance and Azure DevOps experience to lead business analysis efforts across complex technology initiatives. This role is responsible for driving requirements discovery, improving business processes, supporting testing strategies, and ensuring high-quality software delivery within Agile environments.

The Senior IT Business Analyst will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, and QA teams to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions while ensuring traceability, quality, and successful project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Business Analysis Leadership
  • Lead requirements gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, and workshops to identify business needs and project objectives.
  • Translate complex business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Create and maintain Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), process flows, and data mapping documents.
  • Conduct impact analysis and gap analysis for system enhancements and new initiatives.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior business analysts.
  • Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, development teams, and QA teams.
  • Azure DevOps & Agile Delivery
  • Manage and maintain product backlogs, user stories, tasks, and defects in Azure DevOps.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to prioritize backlog items and plan sprint deliverables.
  • Ensure end-to-end requirements traceability using Azure DevOps work items and dashboards.
  • Track sprint progress, testing status, and defect metrics using Azure DevOps reporting tools.
  • Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  • Quality Assurance & Testing Oversight
  • Define and review test strategies, test plans, and test cases aligned with business requirements.
  • Support and oversee functional, integration, regression, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Manage defect lifecycle in Azure DevOps, ensuring timely resolution and validation.
  • Collaborate with QA teams to ensure test coverage, data validation, and quality standards are met.
  • Ensure delivered solutions meet business expectations and compliance requirements.
  • Process Improvement & Strategic Contribution
  • Identify opportunities to improve business processes, workflows, and system efficiencies.
  • Recommend technology solutions and automation opportunities.
  • Contribute to enterprise-level business analysis standards and best practices.
  • Support change management, training, and adoption strategies for new systems.
  • Documentation & Stakeholder Communication
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation including workflows, business rules, and system requirements.
  • Present analysis findings, system recommendations, and project updates to leadership and stakeholders.
  • Ensure clear communication between technical teams and business stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience as an IT Business Analyst on enterprise software projects.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps for backlog management, user stories, sprint tracking, and defect management.
  • Strong experience with software testing, QA processes, and UAT coordination.
  • Deep knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
  • Proven experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and detailed functional specifications.
  • Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in enterprise-scale or multi-team Agile environments.
  • Familiarity with SQL, APIs, data integration, and system architecture concepts.
  • Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and release management processes.

Key Skills

  • Advanced Business Analysis
  • Stakeholder & Executive Communication
  • Azure DevOps (Boards, Backlogs, Work Items, Dashboards)
  • Agile / Scrum Methodology
  • QA Strategy & Test Planning
  • Defect Lifecycle Management
  • Process Modeling & Improvement
  • Requirements Traceability
  • Data & System Analysis

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/